I am just wondering about this....
Growing up I had always heard the saying as "Scott Free" or at least that is how I remember it, but lately, just in the past few weeks I have seen it about 3 times on comments and in stories and it is written as "Scotch Free" and I have never heard it as "Scotch Free" that I can remember.
Which one is correct? Have I been using it and hearing it wrong all these years?

Actually, it's scot-free (1 T).

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Actually, it's scot-free (1 T).

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this. From Old English scotfreo (“exempt from royal tax”)

I have always heard it and said it as scott-free. Here is another one for you....
Is it "awesome" or "allsome"? I have always said and written awesome, but often times on here I have seen "allsome"

Allsome is people trying to be funny.

"Allsome", "moran," "stocker" and a few others are intentional misspellings that are famous on Texags.

Looser moran.

Btw, anyone want an iphong?
YoU jUsT HaVe tO KnOw wHaT PoEpLe ArE TaLkInG AbOuT! yuPy YuP yUp!

No matter the question, the answer is rarely, if ever, Scotch.

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Actually, it's scot-free (1 T).

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this. From Old English scotfreo (“exempt from royal tax”)

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Learn something new every day.

"Scots are a people. Scotch is a drink."

Many say the term Scot Free came from the Dred Scott decision in the 1800's.

Actually the term is from the 11th Century.

The phrase scot free was first used in reference to municipal tax levies. Each person in a town would be obligated to pay a share of the scot (tax), which was called their “lot”. In some areas, you also were not allowed to vote unless you paid your lot of the scot. Those who didn’t pay, such as the poor or those wealthy individuals that could get out of it, were then “scot free”.

Thus, initially, the term more or less just implied you got out of paying your taxes. It quickly spread to being used whenever someone got out of paying anything they should have, monetarily speaking. Today, it is also used in reference to non-monetary forms of payment, such as someone who commits a crime, but then gets off “scot free”, without being punished in any way for their crime.

[This message has been edited by brazos county observer (edited 11/3/2013 12:03a).]